So, what DID I buy?

*disclaimer: these photos are for illustrative purposes only. They were hastily shot and do not represent the great capabilities of the Canon 100mm macro!
**2nd disclaimer: this purchase is probably in the hands of the wrong person. I dabble in craftiness, but alas, I lack the true genius of other craftswomen that have come before me. Including Terah...if you have ever received a Christmas card from that woman you know what Im talking about.


So, this is what the impulsive, spontaneous purchase was.


150 buttons. That’s right, and I so DESPERATELY NEEDED them that I paid an extra $9 to have them shipped express…patience is clearly not one of my virtues :S

The reason I needed these buttons?
It all started at Jaydes school spring fair…which is a pretty big fundraising event. (I think they raised $47,000 from one day 9am-4pm. Not too shabby!).

At this school fair, I came across many lovely stores. But I also came across a VERY lovely store. A store that sold this. In my daughters size. No two alike. I just loved it. Ka-ching.

I adored the sleeves.

and the crochet embellishments...

and I love that its LONG. If you have been born with an abnormally long torso (like myself and my daughter) you will understand a love of long tops. And if you even have a daughter, you should have a love of long tops...you know, the kinds that cover their midriff? :P

Now, has anyone ever tried to find a mint-coloured or white & mint coloured hairband? Sure, I could’ve gone with plain white, but with the gorgeous mint-coloured crochet on the singlet I had to find something that would set it off. I searched high and low but couldn’t find anything close to matching.

I’ll make my own I thought! Knowing that there was a fabric sale that very evening I decided that I would buy mint fabric. Since scrunchies are out of fashion (only by 19 years or so) I decided to make yoyos with flowers in the middle, then I thought BUTTONS in the middle. Then I thought...you desperately need to order self-cover buttons right at this very second before they run out of stock and metal deposits throughout the world. I had ideas. Big ideas. But uhh…they don’t always translate into reality :) This is how my first one came out…I used two buttons, one large button on the bottom, one small one on the top.


It matches the shirt perfectly, see?

Then I made a pink one…like it?

Then I used some spare uniform fabric to make 2 plain covered button hair ties to match Jaydes school dress. So cute. She’s currently wearing them at school so there’s no picture. But Im hoping she'll start of a fashion fad so I can sell them. Wow. I could make millions. Well actually, I could probably recover my costs is about all…. :S

So there you have it.
My spontaneous purchase that I may live to regret.
If you desperately like them, and would love to take photos of your little girls in them, let me know what kinds of colours and I’ll make some and gift them to you. They wont be perfect. I am a hopeless seamstress and am a bit heavy handed with glue, but I can only get better with practice right? They are also very light to mail- yay! This offer is only for my umm regular readers…not that my blog generates many hits aside from them…hrmm.